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Oregon Salmon Commission, March 30

Public Meeting and Budget Hearing, Thursday, March 30, 2017, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Building (Building at South End of Hatfield Marine Science Center), 2127 SE Marine Drive, Newport, Oregon. Proposed ...
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Log Roll Fatality Update, March 29

The victim of Saturday's, March 25, fatal log roll accident on the Bandon beach at the South Jetty has been identified as Aurora GENAI SHEFFEL, a 14-year old female from Eugene.  According to police reports, Sh...
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Albacore Commission, March 28

The Oregon Albacore Commission budget committee will meet on Tuesday, March 28 at 1:00 pm, Holiday Inn Express, Astoria to review a draft budget for FY 2017/18. This budget will then be presented to the entire ...
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Smith River Road Pursuit, March 27

On Thursday, March 23, 2017, around 2:30 p.m., a deputy in the Reedsport area overheard Oregon State Police looking for a stolen silver Volvo from the Lane County area. A short time later, the deputy spotted th...
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Eagle Poached in Curry Co., March 27

On March 20, 2017, an OSP Fish and Wildlife Division Trooper responded to a report of a Bald Eagle that had been killed and dumped at the mouth of the Winchuck River near Brookings. The Bald Eagle's talons had ...
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Quakes, March 27

Both ends of the fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast shook Saturday, March 25.  According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.2-magnitude quake shook the north end west of Craig, Alaska, while a ...
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Diver Rescued on North Coast, March 27

A Coast Guard boat crew assisted local county personnel and pulled a distressed diver from the water near the entrance to Tillamook Bay, Sunday, March 26. The crew of a 29-Foot Response Boat-Medium II, from Coa...
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Fatal Rolling log at Bandon, March 27

On March 25, 2017, at about 4:00 p.m., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to South Jetty Park Beach in Bandon, where a log had rolled on top of a juvenile. Upon emergency crews arriv...
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Spring Whale Watch Week, March 24

Bring your binoculars for a chance to see gray whales passing by the Oregon coast during Spring Whale Watch Week March 25-31. Trained volunteers from the Whale Watching Spoken Here program will be stationed at ...
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Quake at Cape Mendocino, March 24

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake shook the southern end of the two fault lines that begin at Cape Mendocino in Northern California and then run parallel with the Oregon Coast.  According to the U.S. Geological Survey...